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C. Mesozoic: 2. How Are Most Periods in The Geologic Time Scale Named?

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions about geological time periods and eras. The questions cover topics such as which era was dominated by dinosaurs, how periods are typically named, when land plants and humans first evolved, possible causes of a late Paleozoic extinction event, estimates of the Earth's age, when Pangaea broke up, which eras are included in the Paleozoic, and how boundaries between eras and periods typically coincide with changes in life forms. The reader is asked to choose the best answer for each question and write the letter of the correct answer on a separate sheet of paper.

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C. Mesozoic: 2. How Are Most Periods in The Geologic Time Scale Named?

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions about geological time periods and eras. The questions cover topics such as which era was dominated by dinosaurs, how periods are typically named, when land plants and humans first evolved, possible causes of a late Paleozoic extinction event, estimates of the Earth's age, when Pangaea broke up, which eras are included in the Paleozoic, and how boundaries between eras and periods typically coincide with changes in life forms. The reader is asked to choose the best answer for each question and write the letter of the correct answer on a separate sheet of paper.

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Choose the letter of the best answer.

Write the letter of the correct answer on a


separate sheet of paper.

1. Which of the following eras was dominated by diversified life such as giant
reptiles, dinosaurs, and monstrous beasts?
a. Precambrian
b. Paleozoic
c. Mesozoic
d. Cenozoic

2. How are most periods in the geologic time scale named?


a. Paleontologists
b. Catastrophic events
c. Geographical localities
d. All of the above

3. Which of the following eras was when land plants appeared and also began
with the breakup of a supercontinent and the formation of another?
a. Cenozoic
b. Paleozoic
c. Precambrian
d. Mesozoic

4. Which of the following eras is known as the Age of Mammals and when
human beings first evolved?
a. Paleozoic
b. Precambrian
c. Mesozoic
d. Cenozoic

5. Which of these events could have contributed to the late Paleozoic


Extinction?
a. Climate change
b. Meteorite Impact
c. Increased Volcanic Activity
d. All of the above

6. How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?


a. 4.6 million years old
b. 2020 years old
c. 3.6 billion years old
d. 4.6 billion years old

7. Pangaea broke up during which era?


a. Mesozoic
b. Cenozoic
c. Paleozoic
d. Cambrian

8. The Paleozoic does not include


a. Ordovician
b. Jurassic
c. Mississippian
d. Permian

9. The boundaries between _______ seem to coincide with major changes in the
life forms present on Earth.
a. Precambrian
b. epochs
c. eras
d. periods

10. The boundaries between _______ seem to coincide with major changes in the
life forms present on Earth.
a. Precambrian
b. epochs
c. eras
d. periods

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